Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- परमेश्वर
- Transliteration
- Parameshwar
- Rejected alternatives
- भगवान
God
CRITICAL: never भगवान. This word carries unusually strong state-identity weight in Nepal, which was constitutionally declared the world’s only Hindu Kingdom until 2007 and whose kings, until 2008, were venerated as living avatars of Vishnu. परमेश्वर is the settled, neutral Nepali Christian standard.